Hillary Jordan
1) Mudbound
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In post-World War II Mississippi, two families, one white and one black, struggle to survive in the Jim Crow south.
"In Jordan's prize-winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal. It is 1946, and city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband's Mississippi Delta farm--a place she finds foreign and frightening. In the midst of the family's struggles, two young men return from the war to work the land....
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Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan's provocative new novel, When She Woke, tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed-their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes-and then released back into the population to survive as best...
3) Mudbound
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Es 1946 y Laura McAllan, una mujer de ciudad, trata de criar a sus hijos en la granja del Delta del Misisipi de su marido cuando dos jóvenes regresan de la guerra para trabajar la tierra. El primero, Jamie Allan, cuñado de Laura, es todo lo que su marido no es; encantador, guapo y atormentado por sus recuerdos de combate. Por su parte, Ronsel Jackson, el hijo mayor de los aparceros negros que viven en la granja McAllan, ha vuelto a casa con el brillo...
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"27 Authors. 27 Stories. No Names Attached. A bold collection of stories about sex that leaves you guessing who wrote what. Bestselling novelists Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan present an elegant, international anthology of erotica that explores the diverse spectrum of desire, written by winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, PEN Awards, the Women's Prize for Fiction, Edgar Award, and more. There are stories of sexual obsession...

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